The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Athletics invites applications in a national search for the position of Head Women’s Volleyball Coach. This full-time position is responsible for leading, managing and administering all aspects of the Division I women’s volleyball program in accordance with NCAA, conference and University rules and regulations while: 1) creating an atmosphere where graduation is facilitated through participation in intercollegiate athletics, 2) teaching student-athletes to be productive citizens who contribute to society for life, and 3) winning championships. The new head coach’s ability to achieve those three goals is facilitated by: 1) a fully funded scholarship budget, 2) the assistance of two full-time women’s volleyball coaches, and 3) competitive operating and recruiting budgets.

The head coach must have a philosophy that maintains a competitive Division I program that values the educational and personal well-being of its student-athletes while emphasizing the core values of:

• Integrity

• Innovation and vision

• Hunger for excellence

• Servant leadership

• Integration of athletics into UAB’s educational mission

• Accountability

• Sportsmanship, class, and respect

• Fiscal responsibility

• Inclusiveness, gender equity, and diversity

Traditional responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 1) coaching effectively in practice and competition, 2) energetic and engaged recruiting, 3) promoting an atmosphere of compliance, 4) scheduling and budget management, 5) fundraising, and 6) building relationships with other departments and constituency groups on campus and in the community.

For consideration, please submit via the UAB employment website: 1) a cover letter addressing qualifications for the position, your vision for the program and your coaching philosophy, 2) a resume, and 3) contact information for professional references. All applicants must apply via the UAB employment website and are not accepted via mail, e-mail or fax. Reference number for this position is T49835. For assistance, contact UAB Recruitment Services at 205.934.5246.

This is a full-time position with a full benefits package. Compensation is commensurate with experience and qualifications. A review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Employment with UAB is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

UAB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and family-friendly environment in which all faculty and staff can excel and achieve work/life balance irrespective of ethnicity, gender, faith, gender identity and expression as well as sexual orientation. UAB also encourages applications from individuals with disabilities and veterans.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree preferred

Minimum required experience: four years of related experience

Preferred experience: four years of successful collegiate women’s volleyball coaching experience at the NCAA Division I level; Division I women’s volleyball playing experience

An understanding of and commitment to the fundamental role that intercollegiate athletics, when properly implemented, can play in the educational development of UAB student-athletes

Possession of a thorough knowledge of the game, a sophisticated understanding of coaching strategies, and an ability to enhance player development

Leadership skills and the ability to manage team dynamics

Budget management experience

Ability to recruit qualified student-athletes to an academically competitive institution

Knowledge of and commitment to NCAA Division I rules

Ability to promote an atmosphere of compliance within the program and monitor the activities of all assistant coaches and other individuals directly and indirectly involved with the program

Ability to work successfully with other departments and constituency groups on campus and in the community

Ability to motivate and develop student-athletes academically and athletically

Ability to work evening and weekend hours

Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills

Commitment to working with multicultural populations and an awareness of issues affecting women, minorities and international student-athletes

A world-renowned research university and medical center — a first choice for education and healthcare.
Bold. Ambitious. A bit audacious.
This is how such a vision might have seemed in UAB’s formative years, when a fledgling university and medical center in Birmingham set its sights on international prominence…
In 1936, when the University of Alabama established a modest extension center ...in a two-story clapboard house, with an enrollment of 116 students...
In 1945, when The Medical College of Alabama was established in Birmingham, and sought to recruit some of the brightest scientific and medical minds from around the globe...
Or in 1969, when these and other programs merged into the autonomous campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, whose first president laid out a vision so lofty that it struck some of his own faculty as “crazy”...
In the four decades since, this young, dynamic university has thrived on that same boldness and innovation to continue pushing the frontiers in science, medicine, business, education, the arts and the humanities – and has garnered national and international respect.